Michel Sardou
Also Known As: Michel Charles Sardou
Biography: Michel Charles Sardou, who is known by his credited stage name as Michel Sardou (born 26 January 1947) is a French singer and occasional actor. He is known not only for his love songs ("La maladie d'amour", "Je vais t'aimer"), but also for songs dealing with various social and political issues, such as the rights of women in Islamic countries ("Musulmanes"), clerical celibacy ("Le curé"), colonialism ("Le temps des colonies", "Ils ont le pétrole mais c'est tout") or the death penalty ("Je suis pour"). Another sometimes controversial theme found in some of his songs ("Les Ricains" and "Monsieur le Président de France" for example) is his respect and support for the culture and foreign policies of the United States of America. He has been accused of being a racist due to his 1976 song "Le temps des colonies", in which a former colonial soldier proudly tells his memories of colonialism, but Sardou has always claimed the song was sarcastic. His 1981 single "Les lacs du Connemara" was an international hit (especially in the Netherlands). A number of his hit songs were written in collaboration with Jacques Revaux and Pierre Delanoë, a few others (most notably "En chantant") with Italian singer Toto Cutugno. Sardou sold out eighteen consecutive dates at Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in 2001, while his 2004 album Du plaisir went straight to the number one spot on the French album charts. With a recording career of fifty years, Sardou has released 25 studio albums, 18 live albums and has recorded more than 350 songs (chiefly in French but also in Spanish, Italian and even English) and has sold more than 100 million records. Currently he is considered as one of the most popular artists in the Francophone world and one of the most lucrative, both in sales and in his shows. Michel Sardou was born on 26 January 1947 in Paris. His father, Fernand Sardou, was a singer and an actor while his mother, Jackie Sardou was an actress. His paternal grandfather, Valentin Sardou, was a comedian in Marseille, while his grandmother was a singer. Sardou left school at 17. Sardou began working as a waiter in his father's cabaret in Montmartre. He eventually met Michel Fugain and auditioned for Eddie Barclay. In 1965, Sardou began his recording career with "Le madras", co-written with Michel Fugain and Patrice Laffont. In 1967, his career really picked up, thanks to censorship: while France left NATO's integrated military command and the Vietnam War was causing anti-American sentiment in France, Sardou released "Les Ricains" (The Yanks), a song which stated the debt of gratitude towards the US for the liberation of France. Charles de Gaulle did not like the song and he advised against its broadcast on state radio and television. This gave the singer a new notoriety, and the song let him lay the foundations for his future artistic style. However, from 1967 to 1970, he still found it difficult to have big hits. ... Source: Article "Michel Sardou" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Adult: No
Birthday: January 26, 1947
Age: 78 years old
Gender: Male
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Les Enfants de la Pop 80's
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Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2012-10-22
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Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
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Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2014-12-13
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Tous les chanteurs s'appellent Michel
Overview: Documentary on popular French singers spanning over three decades (60s, 70s, 80s).
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-04-22
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N'écoutez pas mesdames
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2021-12-19
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Promotion canapé
Overview: Two women who want a raise, realize that they can easily get what they want, if they sleep with their boss.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1990-10-10
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L'irlandaise
Overview: A lonely advertising executive finds himself in charge of an Irish teenager with suicidal ideas about heroism.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1991-12-28
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Cross
Overview: Thomas Crosky, known as Cross, a lonely policeman, learns that his wife, daughter and sister-in-law have been kidnapped by a criminal who has escaped from a psychiatric hospital.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1987-02-04
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Michel Sardou une vie en chantant
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2021-09-19
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Céline Dion, le grand show
Overview: On Saturday, November 24, 2012, Celine Dion appeared in the TV special 'Celine Dion : le grand show', broadcast live on the French channel France 2 and hosted by Michel Drucker and Veronic DiCaire, at the Studios d'Aubervilliers, near Paris, France.
Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2012-11-24
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Is Paris Burning?
Overview: Near the end of World War II, Gen. Dietrich von Choltitz receives orders to burn down Paris if it becomes clear the Allies are going to invade, or if he cannot maintain control of the city. After much contemplation Choltitz decides to ignore his orders, enraging the Germans and giving hope to various resistance factions that the city will be liberated. Choltitz, along with Swedish diplomat Raoul Nordling, helps a resistance leader organize his forces.
Genres: War Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-10-26
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Michel Sardou Live 2005 - Palais des Sports
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Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2005-11-21
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Michel Sardou - Bercy 2001
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Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2001-04-13
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Michel Sardou - Bercy 91
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Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1991-10-17
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Michel Sardou - Bercy 93
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Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1993-01-01
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Michel Sardou - Show Sardou
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Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1994-12-22
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Michel Sardou - Salut !
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Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1997-10-31
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Michel Sardou - live 2013
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Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2013-11-15
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Four Days in Paris
Overview: Mario, a star ladies' hairdresser, has Nicolas as a friend and Gisèle as his mistress, who is coveted by Nicolas. To boost the salon's finances, Nicolas takes advantage of a billionaire, Madame Alvarez, by selling her a pseudo-rejuvenation serum invented by Mario. Mario suddenly falls in love with a provincial girl, Gabrielle, and pursues her to the South of France, where everyone meets up to finish the film in song.
Genres: Comedy Family Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1955-10-27
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Michel Sardou : Je me souviens d'un adieu - Le concert au cinéma
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Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2024-06-20
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Le prix de l'honneur
Overview: A colonel of the French army is suspected of murder by a former student of the military school, now a police inspector.
Genres: Crime TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2003-11-24
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La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Overview: In May 1974, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing became President of the Republic and wanted to bring about a new era of modernity. One of his first decisions was to break up the ORTF with the creation of three new television channels: TF1, Antenne 2 and FR3. Three new public channels but autonomous and competing. It is a race for the audience which is engaged then, and from now on the channels will make the war! This competition will give birth to a real golden age for television programs, with variety shows in the forefront. The stars of the song are going to invade the living rooms of the French for their biggest pleasure. This unedited documentary tells the story of the metamorphosis of this television of the early 1970s, between freedom of tone, scandals, political intrigues and programs that have become mythical.
Genres: History Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2022-01-07
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Sardou, autoportrait
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2024-03-29
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Star Academy 1, 2 & 3 en concert au Parc des Princes
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Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2004-07-03
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Michel Sardou zénith 2007
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2007-05-04
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Michel Sardou - Bercy 98
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1998-09-18
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Michel Sardou - olympia 95
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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Michel Sardou - Concert 85 Forest National
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1985-01-01
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Michel Sardou, de scènes en Seine
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2020-01-06
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L'énigme Michel Sardou
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Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-01-18
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Top à... Michel Sardou
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Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-05-26
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Représailles
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2015-09-22
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L'Eté de nos quinze ans
Overview: It was during their childhood that François and Malène became friends. Years later, the two teenagers find themselves. Their parents, moved by their reunion, will help them not to spoil this new chance.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1983-05-15
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Michel Sardou - La dernière danse
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Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2018-04-25
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Michel Sardou – Dernier show
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Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2017-10-21
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Sardou, le film de sa vie
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2017-12-20
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The Double Bed
Overview: Various sketches centered on alcove stories.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1965-08-06
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Les Enfoirés 1989 - Tournée d'Enfoirés
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Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1989-12-23
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Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur
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Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1998-02-07
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Michel Sardou - Confidences Et Retrouvailles - Live 2011
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Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2011-05-23
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Michel Sardou : L'Indomptable
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2017-10-17
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Michel Sardou - Vivant 83
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Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1983-11-01
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Michel Sardou Concert 87
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Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1987-10-15
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The Grand Restaurant III
Overview: He had opened his Great Restaurant twice, in 2010 and 2011, as part of an entertainment broadcast on France 2. Pierre Palmade “reopens it after work” in the form of a fiction offered by M6. Exit the brewery. The artist has chosen to shoot his film at the Froufrou, the restaurant at the Théâtre Édouard-VII, in Paris, a chic establishment with rococo decor, more solemn and therefore more appropriate to important moments in life, to his big announcements that make the subject of a series of sketches. They are interpreted by a cast of stars just as prestigious as that of his comrade Muriel Robin a few weeks ago in I Love you coiffure , on TF1. As a common thread, Pierre Palmade in the role of the host busy satisfying his customers, while ensuring that his mother (Marthe Villalonga), his competitor (Florence Foresti) and her cook husband (Jean Leduc) do not transform the evening in disaster.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2021-02-03
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Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés
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Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2005-11-25
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Michel Sardou, les meilleures chansons
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Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2021-05-09
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D'Emmanuelle à Emmanuelle
Overview: « Emmanuelle » was released 50 years ago. Its main character, played by the young Sylvia Kristel, delve freely into her sexuality, without taboo. This bold movie became one of the great success of french cinema in the 70s, and Emmanuelle became the face of sexual liberation. Through the gaze of a woman, the character is back on the screen in 2024. This new Emmanuelle, written by Audrey Diwan, go in quest of a lost pleasure.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2024-09-24
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TPMP ! Toute la vérité
Overview: Cyril Hanouna invites viewers to a special show where he answers their questions.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2025-02-27
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